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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "fren obinna" <dr_obinnafred@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fredobinna_adb@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:55:40 +0000
Subject: URGENT/CONFIDENTAIL
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA(A.D.B)
FROM DESK OF :DR.FRED OBINNA
Lagos-Nigeria.
RC.27199
Dear Sir,
STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am Dr.Fred Obinna, The manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department of the A.D.B Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this
letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business
opportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000M
US DOLLARS (15 million United States Dollars only) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers by name Mr.Adam Salah who died
along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November
1999/2000 in a Plane crash.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release
the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever
appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials
in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total
amount into your account since no one has came for it or discovered he
maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the
banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;20 % for you
as foreign partner, 75 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for
the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred by us and you
during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend
to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the
fund.
To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return email and enclose your private contact telephone
number, fax number full name and address and your designated bank
coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments
for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of
its nature.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
DR.FRED OBINNA.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA(A.D.B)
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